pohjoisia

Pohjoisia is the partitive plural form of the Finnish adjective pohjoinen, meaning northern. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case; pohjoisia appears when the object is plural and in the partitive case, as in phrases like pohjoisia alueita (northern areas) or pohjoisia kansoja (northern peoples). It is primarily a grammatical form, not a standalone noun, but in context it can refer to northern things or peoples collectively.

The form is built from pohjoinen with the suffix -sia marking the partitive plural for this type of adjective. It is commonly used in geographic, cultural, and climatic descriptions related to northern regions such as Finland, the broader Nordic area, or the Arctic.

Pohjoisia may appear in academic writing, travel literature, or journalism when describing northern Europe or similar contexts. It does not designate a single, fixed group; its referent depends on the nouns it modifies. The term is part of standard Finnish morphology and does not function as a proper noun by itself.

See also: pohjoinen.